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Friday, 28 September 2012

Disempowering by science

The belief that there is something greater than ourself gives meaning
to our place on the planet – a reason for our life - the co-operation
of God with ourself or vica versa.

Many people believe there is
something greater than themselves who never go to a religious
institution. They would call themselves “spiritual” rather than
religious. They have the view that 'the something greater than
themselves' is some kind of co-operative force that can be co-opted for
personal nurturing, that 'allows' evolution – or maybe is evolving
itself and IS evolution. We are fragments of the whole in its awesome
complexity.

There is something in this thought that triggers an internal
vastness that we could call a spiritual experience. In fact this
'one-ness' is the goal of all religious practice. So I like to think we
NEED an inner life – A SPIRITUAL WAY - that is as important to our
survival and the survival of our species as the workings of our lungs or
bowels!

In contrast, the current mainstream scientific
view says we are just an evolutionary accident and nothing else – we
are “capped” by this view – how can we transcend being an evolutionary
accident? How personally meaningful is this? I think this aspect is the
most important – having no meaning weakens us.

What does the inner life
of such a rational thinker look like? Is it bleak? Is it lush? What
motivates his striving? How can he ever transcend his human limitations
if his own thought processes cap him? How does he explain the
inexplicable, which he needs to do, not by denial or aggressive
scepticism, but by offering a logical natural concept (not labelled
delusion, hallucination etc.) to those who live imaginatively rather
than logically?

We need to study the benefits of faith in something
greater than just us, in regards to the vitality of our species. Unless
we come up with scientific, logical explanations in some compassionate
way to explain the spiritual phenomena that are experienced by millions of people
all over the world - that they know as real by personal testing, – we
haven’t a hope in hell. The future seems bleak – we are going to lose
our strength.

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